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Translingual
Han character
竄 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹難女 (JCHXV), four-corner 30717, composition ⿱穴鼠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 869, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25679
- Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2744, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7AC4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 躥
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*sʰoːn
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| 竄
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*sʰoːn, *sʰoːns
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| 攛
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*sʰoːn
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| 鑹
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*sʰoːns
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鼠 (“mouse”) + 穴 (“hole”) – to hide in a hole.
Pronunciation
Note:
- chhǹg - vernacular;
- chhoàn - literary.
Note:
- cuang3 - Shantou;
- cuêng3 - Chaozhou.
| Rime
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| Character
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竄
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竄
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| Initial (聲)
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清 (14)
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清 (14)
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| Final (韻)
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桓 (62)
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桓 (62)
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| Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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七亂切
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七丸切
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| Baxter
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tshwanH
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tshwan
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/t͡sʰuɑnH/
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/t͡sʰuɑn/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/t͡sʰʷɑnH/
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/t͡sʰʷɑn/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/t͡sʰuɑnH/
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/t͡sʰuɑn/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/t͡sʰwanH/
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/t͡sʰwan/
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Li
Rong
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/t͡sʰuɑnH/
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/t͡sʰuɑn/
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Wang
Li
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/t͡sʰuɑnH/
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/t͡sʰuɑn/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/t͡sʰuɑnH/
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/t͡sʰuɑn/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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cuàn
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cuān
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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cyun3
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cyun1
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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竄
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cuàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshwanH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁo-s/
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| English
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hide; flee
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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竄
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竄
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1869
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1871
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Phonetic
component
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竄
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竄
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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竄
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰoːn/
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/*sʰoːns/
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Definitions
竄
- (now derogatory) to flee; to go in exile
- (literary) to exile; to banish
流共工于幽洲，放驩兜于崇山，竄三苗于三危，殛鯀于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
流共工于幽洲，放欢兜于崇山，窜三苗于三危，殛鲧于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Liú Gònggōng yú yōuzhōu, fàng huāndōu yú chóngshān, cuàn Sānmiáo yú Sānwēi, jí Gǔn yú Yǔshān, sìzuì ér tiānxià xiánfú.
- He (Shun) banished the Minister of Works to You island; confined Huan-dou on mount Chong; drove (the chief of) San-miao (and his people) into San-wei, and kept them there; and held Gun a prisoner till death on mount Yu. These four criminals being thus dealt with, all under heaven acknowledged the justice (of Shun's administration).
- (literary) to hide
- (literary, or in compounds) to revise; to edit
- 竄改／窜改 ― cuàngǎi ― to doctor; to alter
- (neologism, officialese, derogatory) Short for 竄訪／窜访 (cuànfǎng)
- a surname: Cuan
Synonyms
- 亡命 (wángmìng)
- 出亡 (chūwáng) (literary)
- 出奔 (chūbēn)
- 散亡 (sànwáng)
- 流亡 (liúwáng)
- 走反 (Hokkien, from war)
- 逃亡 (táowáng)
- 逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine)
- 逃難／逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster)
- 逋逃 (būtáo) (literary)
- 避難／避难 (bìnàn)
- 伏
- 匿藏 (nìcáng)
- 埋
- 埋藏 (máicáng) (figuratively)
- 暗囥 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 暗藏 (àncáng)
- 潛藏／潜藏 (qiáncáng)
- 竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì)
- 藏蹤／藏踪 (cángzōng)
- 藏身 (cángshēn)
- 藏躲 (cángduǒ)
- 覕囥／𰴕囥 (Hokkien)
- 走覕／走𰴕 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 走閃／走闪 (Min Nan)
- 躲藏 (duǒcáng)
- 躲避 (duǒbì)
- 逃 (táo)
- 逃匿 (táonì)
- 迴避／回避 (huíbì)
- 逃避 (táobì)
- 避諱／避讳 (bìhuì) (colloquial)
- 閃覕／闪𰴕 (Min Nan)
- 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
- 隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
- 隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng)
- 隱覕／隐𰴕 (ín-bih, ún-bih) (Min Nan)
- 隱避／隐避 (yǐnbì)
- 修改 (xiūgǎi)
- 切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
- 改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
- 改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
- 改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
- 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
- 改造 (gǎizào)
- 更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
- 更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
- 更改 (gēnggǎi)
- 游移 (yóuyí)
- 移 (yí)
- 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
- 竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
- 變／变 (biàn)
- 變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
- 變易／变易 (biànyì)
- 變更／变更 (biàngēng)
- 變變／变变 (Hokkien)
- 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
- 轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
- 轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
- 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
- 遷／迁 (qiān)
- 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
竄
(Hyōgai kanji)
- escape, run away
- encroach
- alter a document
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
竄 • (chan) (hangeul 찬)
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Vietnamese
Han character
竄: Hán Nôm readings: thoán
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